The FLUCO platform will provide sample environment for fluids (including gases, vapour and complex fluides) in neutron scattering experiments in soft matter and life science at ESS.

Fluid samples can come in many forms and phases, and controlling and manipulating the sample is at the heart of most neutron scattering experiments. We are developing sample environment systems to enable experiments on a broad range of samples and with extensive parameter control.

In-Kind Partners

University of Tartu, Estonia, has developed a Laser-Pump-Probe method for the investigation of light-induced processes, such as photosynthesis. The final acceptance test took place in November 2015. The equipment will be used mainly on time-of-flight spectrometers and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instruments, and was already successfully commissioned on IN5 at the ILL. The figure above depicts this set-up with a sample of purple photosynthetic bacteria. Read more here.